Three Lopers earn first-team status with MIAA

KANSAS CITY, MO --- UNK is well represented on the All–MIAA first–team with three Lopers receiving the season-long recognition.

Starting off the accolades is four–time all–conference honoree, Tara Ziegelbein. She joins three other Lopers, (Erin Gudmundson, Jeri Walkowiak and Cola Svec) as the only Squierettes to earn four all-conference honor since moving to Division II in 2990. The senior middle is hitting a team–best .325 on 332 kills entering the postseason and a Loper–leading 1.12 blocks per set.

Junior outside hitter Kendall Schroer taking the lead with 3.15 kills per set, sixth best in the MIAA. The Ogallala, Neb. product is four shy of her teammate in the middle with 328 on the season and nine attacks shy of 1,000.

Setting up the big arms all season, junior Lindsay Smith, with 11.19 assists per set, which is good for third most in the MIAA, and 1,209 for the season, placing the 12th best in Division II. Smith is on pace to join the aforementioned four-timers, as the Dakota Dunes, S.D. native has collected first-team laurels in each of her first three seasons in Kearney.

Four other ladies were acknowledged in some capacity for the 2017 campaign. The full list of teams is below.